On 2/5/24 15:44, Bret Busby wrote:
On 6/2/24 07:14, David Christensen wrote:
debian-user:
I have a laptop with:
2024-02-05 15:04:48 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a ; dpkg-query -W xfce4 firefox-esr
vim
11.8
Linux laalaa 5.10.0-27-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.205-2 (2023-12-31)
x86_64 GNU/Linux
firefox-esr 115.7.0esr-1~deb11u1
vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1
xfce4 4.16
2024-02-05 15:10:08 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ grep -v '"' .vimrc | grep .
map q <Nop>
set autoindent
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set nocompatible
set nomodeline
set number
set numberwidth=8
set paste
set shiftwidth=4
set wildmode=longest,list
Normally, I can cut and paste between Xfce desktop applications.
For example, if I start Firefox, disable all extensions, browse to:
https://www.toyota.com/dealers/
Enter a Zip Code of "12345", highlight the first result, copy it to
the clipboard, and paste into this message, I see:
Lia Toyota of Colonie
2116 Central Ave., Rte. 5, Schenectady NY 12304
(5.3 miles)
Today's Hours: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
(518) 374-3700
But if I close the above Firefox window, start a Firefox instance,
browse to:
https://www.toyota.com/dealers/
Enter a Zip Code of "12345", highlight the first result, copy it to
the clipboard, start Terminal, open a file with Vim, press "i" to
enter insert mode, and paste, sometimes I see what I copied to the
clipboard and sometimes I see nothing.
...
How exactly are you copying and pasting?
Are you marking the text and using Copy and Paste from the menu
generated by clicking the non-dominant mouse button, or, are you marking
the text, and using <CTRL><C> to copy then <CTRL><V> to paste?
Thank you for the reply. :-)
Copy from Firefox -- drag to highlight text, then:
1. Press Ctrl+C, or
2. Right-click and choose Copy.
Paste into Vim:
1. Middle click, or
2. Right-click and choose Paste.
What happens if you copy and paste to an editor such as gedit?
Does that work consistently? If so, what happens if you copy and paste to gedit,
and then, copy from gedit, and paste to the vim window?
Copying from any Xfce window and pasting into Mousepad seems to work
consistently.
Copying from Firefox, Mousepad, and potentially other Xfce windows into
Vim does not work consistently.
Does it make any difference whether you have the vim session open, and
the file open, into which you want to paste, before you copy the text
that you want to paste into it?
No.
Have you tried the text editor that is the default editor for alpine
(previously known as pine) - I think it is either nano or pico?
No.
David
